The Juventus defender at the Dutch portal Rondo: “We are still competing on three fronts, even if a miracle would be needed for the Scudetto. I learn more every week”
From Ronaldo to Vlahovic, living the championship dream with realistic detachment while remaining fully focused on the present and also on the future. Matthijs de Ligt spoke very frankly at the Dutch portal Rondo, without getting carried away by emotionality. With a final passage on the relationship with the club that somehow consolidates his position in Juventus, removing the market rumors concerning him.
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SCUDETTO DREAM
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The Dutch defender, without hiding his ambitions for success, remains objective on the scudetto issue: “I think at one point we were fourteen points behind the leaders – he said -. Then we got the Scudetto out of our minds a bit: we said we had to concentrate to get to the Champions League and since then we have been watching game by game. Inter, Milan and Napoli are continuing to lose points and now we are only seven points down. A miracle should happen, but the situation already looks better than thirteen games ago. “
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FROM CR7 TO DV7
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Juve has undergone several changes this year, not only due to the change in technical leadership. The main summer novelty was the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo, whose specific weight in terms of goals was recovered only in January with the arrival of Vlahovic. “We lost Ronaldo at the end of the summer and of course we lose even thirty goals with his departure. We couldn’t immediately catch someone like Vlahovic because it was late. We certainly missed this at the beginning. “With the arrival of the Serbian center forward, however, the enthusiasm increased:” When I played against him I had already noticed how strong and technically good he was. And what really impressed me it’s his motivation in scoring, he almost called his teammates if he didn’t get the ball. I needed a striker like him in front. “
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FUTURE
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However, the most curious theme around De Ligt remains that of his future, in the face of a release clause valid from next summer but also the club’s desire to make him one of the major protagonists of the new Juventus cycle. “I have noticed that the club is giving me more and more responsibility. Now Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci are often injured, so there is even more pressure on my shoulders, which I like. I realize that I can take on an important role. “The next step Raiola was talking about a few months ago?” We are still competing on three fronts and I am really enjoying it here. I have noticed that I learn more every week and I like this a lot. What Mino said happened already three months ago; many things can change in this time … At the moment I’m concentrating completely on this season. “
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March 1, 2022 (change March 1, 2022 | 11:47)
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